23,000 New Reasons to Quit Today

Anthropic’s Mythos tool has helpfully pointed out that the open-source software we all rely on is essentially a mountain of 23,000 potential disasters waiting to happen. These critical vulnerabilities are buried deep in foundational dependencies, affecting pretty much anyone who uses a computer in the modern age. It turns out the global supply chain is held together by digital duct tape and the prayers of overworked developers. Protecting ourselves involves actually auditing our dependencies, though simply staring into the abyss might be more productive at this point.